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STEAM | May 2014 - every time improve protection Steam Guard
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From steam dev days
the currencies being added are
Australian dollar, the Canadian dollar, the Indonesian rupiah, the Japanese yen, the Malaysian ringgit, the Mexican peso, the New Zealand dollar, the Norwegian krone, the Philippine peso, the Singapore dollar, the Thai baht, and the Ukrainian hryvnia.
Steam is going to be dead soon for purchases I think if this turns out bad which I suspect it will be.
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Sorry i made the mistake in thinking Australia = the world like most of US GAF does.
toddhunter
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Unless you think $60 USD games are going to turn into $60 AUD I can't see how this will work.
Don't forget all the people who buy cards/keys/crates/weapons/hats/compendiums etc on the Steam marketplace. Valve gets a slice of everything sold, and resold.
Dragon1893
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Yeah, only game I bought full price on steam in the last few years was Bioshock Infinite because X-Com and the first Bioshock were pre-order bonuses. It also included some TF2 items which I sold for around 3 euros.
It's funny that when games are full price they don't convert the currency (they cost 50 euros here) but during sales conversions are always accurate.
Sure, it goes way beyond just the games but I think that's what he was reffering to.
I still think $60USD games are going to turn into $70-$80USD like it usually does now, but for smaller stuff ($15-$30) I expect that to stay the same, which will save a few dollars.
Trust me we will be seeing $110 aud COD games, people are delusional if they think it's a better deal by having local currency. Thank fuck for GMG, Humble store and amazon.
True, but this all feeds into Steam credit which keeps people buying games through Steam's store. Even if it's just in the sales.
They are, generally. It's usually just companies like Ubi and EA that still charge the console tax. Most games debut at least 10 dollars cheaper.
Atraveller
Banned
Gaben giveth, Gaben taketh.
They're punishing people who cheated for achievements/cards.
Nah, it's happening to a lot of people.
It's ultimately going to depend on what Valve selected as the default conversion rate, which is "based on exchange rates, CPI and local market conditions". Aussie-Taxing publishers are going to continue Aussie Taxing, but I'd wager just about everybody else went with what Valve's provided versus took the time to select their own prices.
MMBosstones86
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For MOST cases, they are cheaper. You're referring to a small subset of publishers who still want to change console prices.
Well, you're comparing digital prices to retail. The digital prices for console games is higher. Usually £50ish, though it's getting a bit better. PC digital has the same issue, prices are high compared to retail because they often use RRP which no retailer in the UK uses. Retail wise most PC games are cheaper outside EA and Activision.
toddhunter
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Maybe ... and hopefully! But I doubt it very much. I feel the default will be a "safe" conversion to bring things in line with other services in aud such as psn or xbox. Then $15 games will be $21 and so on.
Is she really easier to use than the Enforcer? He's the best one I've unlocked so far, because I love his ability to shoot one way and move the other. Kinda bothers me that that's not just a feature of the whole game rather than just one character now.
Lasted 75 minutes with him myself. I thought I'd take a second lap to get more loot and XP in preparation for the final level but I screwed up on the penultimate level and didn't realize that something could do 650+ damage in one hit.
But that exactly what doesn't make any sense whatsoever, in case you don't know, the same is on PSN, digital games are often more expensive than their retail counterparts. UK PSN store is plain horrible!
Kaleinc
Banned
You mean VAC banned cheaters?
There are bots that trawl TF2 Outpost for new/bumped trades. They add you as a friend and then beg you to add their "friend".
How are they hackers?
Adding their friend to do what? I'm genuinely curious.
Is she really easier to use than the Enforcer? He's the best one I've unlocked so far, because I love his ability to shoot one way and move the other. Kinda bothers me that that's not just a feature of the whole game rather than just one character now.
Lasted 75 minutes with him myself. I thought I'd take a second lap to get more loot and XP in preparation for the final level but I screwed up on the penultimate level and didn't realize that something could do 650+ damage in one hit.
I thought that the Huntress was the one that could shoot one way and move the other? She's the one with the bow, right? I used to use the Engineer mostly and beat the game on normal first with him, but I switched to the Huntress after a while.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
PandaPedinte
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Is she really easier to use than the Enforcer? He's the best one I've unlocked so far, because I love his ability to shoot one way and move the other. Kinda bothers me that that's not just a feature of the whole game rather than just one character now.
Lasted 75 minutes with him myself. I thought I'd take a second lap to get more loot and XP in preparation for the final level but I screwed up on the penultimate level and didn't realize that something could do 650+ damage in one hit.
She can shoot to the opposite direction and I believe is the character with the fastest attack speed, the downside is her base health is low.
A few weeks ago 3 bots added me the same second as I bumped my trade. But all invites were deleted also in the same seconds
There is a notice that the user has been VAC banned and/or trade banned
Darth Kupi
Banned
I think he means Phishers.
The same thing happens when you bump on dota2lounge.com
A friend of mine was actually stupid enough to fall for it, so i guess its worth it for them.
They ask to add their friend who mysteriously can't add you.
And ask you to log in something like steamcornmunity.com
Notice the RN instead of M.
It looks like the real thing from a distance
and if you're retarded/naive about the internet
No, just some level 0 private profiles (probably bots) that send me a link to a misspelled steamcommunity site and ask me to add their friends because they want to trade with me.
These sites ask you to login with your Steam credentials and you can guess what happens next
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
Yes they do. On their Steam profile, under the status of saying where they're online and not, it'll show how many VAC-Bans they have, which has an info tag to learn more of the incidents, and state X days since last incident.
I think I never have seen one, is it in profile?
thanks, that's good to know
toddhunter
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A whole lot easier, pretty much easy mode (relatively). The engineer is also a good class for getting through the game early.
Yup, see JaseC's reply above your reply
Oh I don't disagree, it annoys me beyond belief. It's why I don't buy digitally at all on consoles(outside of digital only of course). I'm just saying it isn't exclusive to PC or Steam. It's publishers who just don't care to price competitively against retail. Not that pc games are getting dearer.
Dusk Golem
A 21st Century Rockefeller
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Love how his nickname shows great undercover skills.
Enforcer can bring his shield up and will stay facing the direction you had him in when you activated the ability. If you played the game before whatever patch changed it, the ability used to make him completely immobile so that's probably why you never noticed it if so. They changed it so that he just walks slower, which is a fine trade-off for me.
I believe that's the Bandit, as his rate of fire is dependant upon how fast you mash (up to 150% or something like that). He'd be a great character if his headshot and dynamite abilities were rebalanced a bit (make the headshot stronger with longer cooldown and same for dynamite; also maybe shorten the stun cooldown).
Well, if she's even easier than Enforcer, then I'm going to go ahead and call the difficulty very overrated.
Well, good thing I'm at like 12 monster logs then!
Darth Kupi
Banned
BTW Mashed is 80% off.
$1.00 of couch multiplayer greatness.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/281280
$1.00 of couch multiplayer greatness.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/281280
Last Baron
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There's still Company of Heroes 2 DLC left in my giveaway http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=111881524&postcount=9274
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